Town Planning in Ancient India c13.12

c13.12

(3) The houses of Brāhmaṇs should be catuhśālā; that is, they must occupy the four sides of a quadrangle which is an open space in the centre. Śālā means a long structure of one span only. The houses of Kshatriyas should be triśālā, *i.e.*, occupying the three sides of the rectangular plot. The houses of Vaiśyas should be dviśālā, i.e., forming the two sides of the plot, while those of Śūdras should be ekaśālā.¹